No, it's not Stigmata, it's just Ben Stratton getting your attention.

[market]

Re: My MVP for the year already

Love Stratts....

but

Luke is so far ahead,....

 

[Messenger]

Cooler than the other side of the pillow.

 

[bungholes_premiers]

Re: My MVP for the year already

lol
Naturally i dont actually think he's been better than Hodge

But the point is a weak defense destroyed us last year and this year for a few games, with Stratton coming in the WHOLE team/gameplan is effected - thats why i think he is such a key

 

[market]

Re: My MVP for the year already

^^^^

Yep agreed

he has been sensational for us in defence and he and Gilly make us feel confident we can actually repel an attack!

Massive respect for Stratts and hope he keeps it going!!

 

[Jaeger]

Re: My MVP for the year already

At the PCM they are changing the name of the best first year player award to

The Ben Stratton Award.

 

[WA Hawk]

Re: My MVP for the year already

too old....

No he's not - $81 to win the Rising Star award according to AFLbettinginfo.com.au

Trengrove and Nic Nat favourites at $3.50

Very juicy odds

 

[Hawkinspired]

I have so much man love for this guy!

 

[arupist]

Haven't yet got too carried away with Stratts. Just quietly acknowledging his weekly improvement. Last night he was exceptional. The lid is definitely loosening.

 

[noosa hawk mad]

all shite aside he would have to be our best tall back man atm with all of 10 games behing him reads the play well great kick go Statts how he hasnt got a rising star Nod has me ****ed

 

[Buddy Guy]

Re: My MVP for the year already

Ben Stratton is having a better first year then Michael Hurley did last year and hardly a word is being spoken about him outside these boards.

He is a GUN

 

[BYWs Dimi Pumpa]

Re: My MVP for the year already

At the draft camp, he was compared to a young darren glass. The player that sticks to his opposition like glue.

Those words from the pelchs mouth were spot on. He has been fantastic. It looks like he has injected confidence in to Murphdog.

Media... No thanks, Where's Hurley been since being introduced to the media?
Hungry Jacks, clocked a cabbie and in court. Where has his form been? Nowhere to be seen. Let's leave Stratto where he is and enjoy this spectacle.

 

[Hodgepodge]

It's always nice when you give yourself a free kick in the draft.

Stratton playing like a 22 year old Top 20 pick.

 

[Arkadia]

He plays like a seasoned campaigner, the rest of the defenders have grown an extra leg with Stratton down there

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Did anyone just see Ben doing the pier dive at training this morning on Channel 10?

 

[scout]

Very funny, with the rest of the team shivering in the water.

 

[dlindsay]

Did anyone just see Ben doing the pier dive at training this morning on Channel 10?

I saw, but the cameras missed Ben walking on the water and then levitating onto the pier beforehand.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

All this time we've been overplaying the hype but that dive into freezing water should gain some serious applause. Not only is Ben fantastic, he's also crazy!

 

[blockman155]

Did anyone just see Ben doing the pier dive at training this morning on Channel 10?

The boys bet him to dive of the pier and swim back for a bet, they didn't pay

 

[Hawk43]

There's nothing stratts can't do, a couple of minutes left the ball went long towards lake who was fired up after buddy's goal and went forward to try and win the game, one on one, stratts vs lake who was the bulldogs best for the night, and stratts beats him in the contest. What a champion

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

The boys bet him to dive of the pier and swim back for a bet, they didn't pay

They dare to fool the gods?

 

[grizzlym]

Stratts is able to hold Damien Martyn's gaze and not go insane.

 

[Roby]

Did you see in the last quarter Stratton Laked Lake? Then he went and jumped in the Lake.*






*The Southern Ocean is perceived as a lake by Stratton.

 

[Hodgepodge]

Re: My MVP for the year already

The heel kicks on the pier were a nice touch. Stratton starting to live up to the hype in this thread.

 

[grizzlym]

Unbeknown to his teammates, after jumping off the pier, Ben Stratton caught a giant octopus. Upon rejoining the group moments later, he produced a platter of sizzling calamari rings from behind his back.

Don't ask how, just know that he plays for us.

 

[go hawks!!!]

I believe Ben Stratton is in the running for All Australian Centre Half Back.

Question:

Has there ever been an AFL player named as All Australian in their first year? I believe Chris Judd wasn't?